Combination pressing and steaming iron



April 27, 1943.

E. H. BASSETT COMBINATION PRESSING AND STEAMING IRON INVENTOR. E0 WflRD H 5055577. BY g g 1940, and assigned to the assignee hereto. I 4, preferably through a control valve l that clamping position on said gasket without penethe said gasket for securing the said cover in manner that the water will not be permitted to PatentedAp Z 2,317,716 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION PRESSING AND STEAMING IRON Edward H. Bassett, West Hartford, Conn., as-

signor to The Silex Company, Hartford, Conn, a. corporation of Connecticut Application August 16, 1940, Serial No. 352,933 I 1 Claim. ('01. 38-77) This invention relates to combination steam- The said baiile may extend across the casing 5,

ing and pressing irons and more particularly toas clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, with walls ll closelectric hand pressing irons from which steam ing the ends thereof.

is ejected upon the work so as to dampen the A steam opening I2 is provided in said baffle same while it is being pressed and such as shown 5 plate, to .permit the passage of steam from the and described in the co-pending application of chamber 6 to a steam chamber l3, above said Frank E. Wolcott, Serial No. 337,279, May 25, baiile, which communicates with a steam conduit The object of this invention is to provide a. may be selectively'operated by a control handle novel structure for such devices which permits 10 IE, to connect the supply of said steam with maximum efiiciency in sealing the device against steam jets 8-a located in the ironing surface leakage of steam and which is very economical of the sole plate 8. to produce. A steam cover I! is provided to fit over the A further object of the invention is to provide, opening I0, and a sealing member, in the form for a steaming iron having an opening in the of a gasket I8, is disposed between the said cover top thereof and a closure thereover which is and the peripheral edge of the opening l0. sealed by means of a suitable gasket, means, In order to eliminate the use of fastening whereby the said closure may be secured in means which would necessarily extend through tration thereof which would reduce its eificiency. position, I provide for threading the clamping Further objects of my invention will be more screws l9, which extend through the opening clearly understood from the following description l0, directly into the baffle plate 9; thus permitand from the accompanying drawing in which: ting the cover H to be securely tightened over Fig. 1 is a view, partly in the central vertical the gasket l8 and the full area of the gasket 18 section, of a steaming iron embodying my invento be utilized for sealing the steam chamber I3 tion. against leakage and thereby increasing the eiii- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the casing thereof. ciency of said gasket while also providing econ- Fig. 3 is a rear view of said casing in Vertical omy in construction.

section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. I claim:

As illustrated in the drawing, the numeral 5 For a steaming iron of the character described denotes a casing of a steaming iron which is comprising a casing formed of a unitary strucpreferably constructed of cast material to proture and having a water heating chamber therevide a water-heating chamber 6 which is heated in, a partition in said water heating chamber by means of a heating element 1, to generate extending substantially horizontally across the steam therein which may be ejected through a same to the sides of said casing, vertical walls sole plate 8 onto the surface being ironed by said extending from the front and rear of said partiiron. tion to the top of said casing, said partition and In devices of this character, it is necessary walls defining a steam chamber having an opento baflie the water-heating chamber in such a mg in the top of said casing, a cover for said opening and means threaded to said partition pass out of said chamber with the steam. My for securing said cover-to said casing; saidpartiinvention therefore contemplates the use of a tionhaving an opening therein communicating baflie plate 9 which is preferably cast integrally said steam chamber with said water heating with the casing 5 so as to form a baflie between chamber. the water level in the chamber 6 and the opening EDWARD H. BASSE'I'I.

III at the top of said casing. I i 

